University of Nevada Athletics

Skiing (1943-47)
Born in Reno in 1922, Dodie Post Gann started training with the Reno Ski Club in 1938 and became one of the top junior skiers in the West. She excelled on the slopes for the Wolf Pack before Nevada had a women's skiing program. She was named the captain of the 1948 United States women’s Olympic ski team in San Moritz, Switzerland, but a broken ankle kept her from competing that year. She captained the FIS World Championship ski team in Chile in 1950 and finally had her chance to compete in the 1952 Olympic Games in Oslo, Norway. She was appointed to the U.S. Olympic Team selection committee in 1956 and served as the team manager for the 1956 U.S. Winter Olympic team that competed in Cortina, Italy. Gann, who passed away in 2012, was the first woman to be inducted into the Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame when she was part of the inaugural 13-person class in 1973. She was also inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2001.